1. Chapter 11
Standards 22,23,24

2. The Civil Rights Movement
Black WWII vets came home ready to change the nation- WHY?
President Truman supported civil rights
Social justice
Matter of national security
Jackie Robinson integrated baseball in 1947
Starting ground to change people’s attitudes

3. The Movement Grows
1954 NAACP sued the Board of Education in Topeka Kansas
Linda Brown could not attend nearest school to her home
In Brown vs Board of Education the supreme court reversed Plessy Vs Ferguson
Segregation illegal
“separate facilities were inheritably unequal by means of having them separated”

4. Little Rock 9
9 black students ordered to go to Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas blocked by state guards
President sends in military to force it

5. “Atlanta too busy to hate”
City of Atlanta school integrated peacefully by 1960
Rural Georgia not until 1970

6. Montgomery Bus Boycott
Dec 1, 1955 Rosa Parks sat in white section on the bus and refused to move
Arrested
MLK selected to lead a bus boycott in the black community
50,000 blacks refused to ride the bus for a year
Bus system finally agreed
MLK viewed as leader of civil rights movement

7. SCLC
MLK started his organization Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Black education, voting rights, non violence
MLK explained non violence in “letters from Birmingham jail”
March on Washington –”I have a dream speech”
I Have a Dream Speech

8. Assignment
Use your copy of “I have a dream speech” to pick out one line to illustrate
Illustrate the concept you choose and use the quote as the title of the drawing.
Use colored paper and coloring supplies

9. SNCC Student Nonviolence Coordinating Committee
Led by college students to coordinate mass demonstrations
Sit ins, freedom rides
The Butler

10. SLCC and SNCC did not always agree
SLCC older and more non violent
SNCC younger and more intent on quick change
Civil Rights Act of ended segregation in all public facilities
24th amendment eliminated all polling tax/tests

11. 11.2 Social and Political Changes

12. The Warren Court
The supreme court in the 1950s-60s expanded it’s power to enact social change
Led by Chief Justice Earl Warren
Brown vs. Board of Education
Miranda vs. Arizona- Miranda rights
Miranda Rights- Text

13. 1968- most controversial year
Anti war demonstrations
Assignation of MLK
Assignation of Bobby Kennedy
Riots at the Democratic National Convention

14. Johnson’s “Great Society”
President Johnson issued a “war on poverty”
Planned to develop a “great society” through social programs
Controversial then and today
Job Corp
Head Start
HUD
Medicare
Medicaid
Assistance checks
Disability
WIC

15. Other movements get started…
Migrant workers- led by Cesar Chavez
United Farm Workers created to fight for better conditions
Women’s Movement- Betty Friedan wrote “The Feminine Mystique” which rejected the idea that women are most happy being housewives and mothers
Feminists began fighting for equal opportunities, pay, and an end to traditional gender roles

16. Other movements get started…
Environmentalist Movement- Rachel Carson wrote “Silent Spring”
Argued that humans were hurting the environment
Began the Hippy movement
Earth Day started in April 1970
EPA created

17. The Rise of Conservatism
With so many changes after WWII many people were concerned that the govt was controlling too much
Conservatism- belief that the govt should have as little role as possible in everyday life
Civil Rights Movement
Great Society
Barry Goldwater- won support for Republican party- Solid South voting Democrat is over